I thoroughly enjoy Brust's Vlad Taltos series and his other spin off that takes place earlier in the world. In any other series I would have an exception to reading out of order the books and then giving a review. The stories of Vlad however often do not come in any chronological order that you would find most series. In fact it jumps around many times to various parts of Vlad's life. Childhood to thief to assassin to fugitive to rebel. It can be a jumble but the stories are always these condensed periods of mystery, action and wild plans and desperate gambles. Good review.